Word travels

Scroll through your Instagram or Facebook feed, and there’s no shortage of blissed-out, self-diagnosed “travel addicts” making you simultaneously jealous and annoyed by the perfectly staged photos. These are largely the progeny of Elizabeth Gilbert’s wildly popular memoir Eat, Pray, Love, which was published 10 years ago.

The book has proved to have some serious staying power: Last month, Eat, Pray, Love, Made Me Do It: Life Journeys Inspired by the Bestselling Memoir, an anthology of nearly 50 reader-submitted stories, was published with an introduction from Gilbert herself (Riverhead Books, $16). Inspired by Gilbert’s trajectory of leaving behind the comfort of a nice home and good job in search of pleasure in Italy (hence the “eat” part), spirituality in India (yep, that’s the “pray” part) and romance in Bali (she married the man who makes up the “love” part), the stories cover a diverse range of self-discovery journeys.

Sacramento gets its own slice of the cake on Thursday, April 28,at Time Tested Books with a celebration of the new release led by Sacramento City College professor and writer Jan Haag. She is joined by guest readers Katie McCleary (pictured), Karin Erickson, Deborah Meltvedt and Marie Reynolds. Free; 7 p.m. at 1114 21st Street; (916) 447-5696; http://timetestedbooks.blogspot.com.